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* "COVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Have Enough Evidence, Now It Is Time to Act.:" https://time.com/5883081/covid-19-transmitted-aerosols/

* Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.A for 8/25/20 are 5,770,000. The death toll is 179,000.

* "New US virus cases fall as masks gain favor but testing lags:" https://apnews.com/219af7fe1e6a7393e4ef254cc0b6dfe9

* "Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others:" https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-approval-e/exclusive-fauci-says-rushing-out-a-vaccine-could-jeopardize-testing-of-others-idUKKBN25K2M0

* "FDA commissioner disputes Trump, says no 'deep state' thwarting vaccine:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hahn-exclusive/exclusive-fda-commissioner-disputes-trump-says-no-deep-state-thwarting-vaccine-idUSKBN25L0A2

* "F.D.A. ‘Grossly Misrepresented’ Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/health/fda-blood-plasma.html

* "FDA chief issues mea culpa for his plasma treatment claims:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/fda-chief-plasma-benefits-criticism-401514

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* "Trump Has Now Moved $2.3 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Private Business:" https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/08/25/trump-has-now-moved-23-million-of-campaign-donor-money-into-his-private-business/#5d336658773c

* "Manhattan DA agrees to delay subpoena of Trump's tax returns:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics/vance-trump-taxes-subpoena/index.html

* "New York attorney general files legal action against Trump Organization, revealing state investigation into the company’s financial dealings:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-york-ag-trump-organization-lawsuit/2020/08/24/882c03a8-e60e-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

* "Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/miles-taylor-trump-lou-dobbs-fox-marching-orders-homeland-security_n_5f4066aec5b697824f98b023

* "Melania Trump's Comments About Trump Family Were Taped:" https://yashar.substack.com/p/scoop-melania-trumps-comments-about

* "Trump Policy Enabled Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Families:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/19/report-trump-policy-enabled-discrimination-against-lgbtq-families

* "Trump announces plan to nominate Chad Wolf as secretary of Homeland Security:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/chad-wolf-secretary-of-homeland-security-401600

* "Can Joe Biden Build a Better LGBTQ+ America?:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/20/can-joe-biden-build-better-lgbtq-america

* "Fact-checking the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/24/fact-checking-first-night-2020-republican-national-convention/

* "Enjoy the RNC But Don't Forget: The Party's Over:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/8/23/enjoy-rnc-dont-forget-partys-over

* "Republican convention speakers share dark vision of Democrats and praise Trump’s character:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/24/republican-national-convention-live-updates/

* "State Department memo warned Senate-approved officials against appearing at partisan events:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/state-department-memo-pompeo-rnc-400897

* "Pompeo outrages diplomats, imperils U.S. foreign policy with RNC speech:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/pompeo-rnc-speech-outrages-diplomats-hurts-u-s-foreign-policy-90640453631

* "Steve Schmidt: Trump, RNC celebrating ‘greatest failure of leadership in the history of the country’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/steve-schmidt-trump-rnc-celebrating-great-failure-of-leadership-in-the-history-of-the-country-90568773870

* Meanwhile in Autocracy news: "“Say 12 More Years”: At the RNC, Trump’s Authoritarian “Joke” Slips Closer to Reality:" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/at-repulibcan-national-convention-trump-authoritarian-joke-slips-closer-to-reality

* "Joy Reid: RNC sets up Trumps as 'America's royal family':" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/joy-reid-rnc-sets-up-trumps-as-america-s-royal-family-90572869675

* The Republicans are no openly acknowledging they have now goals our principles beyond supporting their Dear Leader. That’s it. There is no other party platform. "The Platform the GOP Is Too Scared to Publish:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/new-gop-platform-authoritarianism/615640/

* "How the Republican National Convention was technically over before it began:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/how-the-rnc-was-technically-over-before-it-began-90575941508

* "Fmr. DHS official says four more years of Trump will 'take decades to recover from':" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/fmr-dhs-official-says-four-more-years-of-trump-will-take-decades-to-recover-from-90635333843

* "RNC pulls 'angel mom' from lineup after sharing anti-Semitic, QAnon tweets:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rnc-pulls-angel-mom-from-lineup-after-anti-semitic-qanon-tweet-90639941610

* "Florida Politician Triumphs Over Homophobia to Win Primary:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/8/19/florida-politician-triumphs-over-homophobia-win-primary

* "Acting Homeland Security chief says department does not have authority to send agents to polling locations:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/politics/chad-wolf-polling-centers-election-cnntv/index.html

* "Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules:" https://www.axios.com/twitter-flags-trump-tweet-mail-drop-a92a868c-3f4c-450c-a5f4-fb8c83513e4e.html?utm_source=twitter

* "New York attorney general files lawsuit to protect U.S. Postal Service:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-postoffice-idUSKBN25L2ET

* "U.S. postmaster tells House committee he will resume cost-cutting after election:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-post-office-idUSKBN25K1UT

* Don't hold your breath. McConnell's the death of all good legislation. "House approves bill to send $25 billion to Postal Service and halt changes:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/postal-service-house-vote-funding/index.html

* "Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Postmaster General ‘didn’t take responsibility for anything’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/rep-carolyn-maloney-postmaster-general-didn-t-take-responsibility-for-anything-90571333573

* Can we stop reopening schools now? "Opinion: UNC fiasco reveals truth about reopening colleges:" https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/18/opinions/unc-coronavirus-and-colleges-reopening-perry/index.html

* "USCIS abandons mass employee furloughs that would've crippled immigration system:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uscis-abandons-furloughs-13000-employees-us-immigration-system/

* They shot an unarmed black man in the back for the crime of deescalating a fight. "Jacob Blake needs 'a miracle' to walk again after Kenosha police shot him, attorney says:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/us/jacob-blake-kenosha-wisconsin-protests/index.html

* "Officers involved in shooting of Jacob Blake placed on administrative leave:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/officers-involved-in-shooting-of-jacob-blake-placed-on-administrative-leave-90571333601

* "A Shared Fight: Police Brutality in the LGBTQ+ And Black Communities:" https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/19/shared-fight-police-brutality-lgbtq-and-black-communities

* "Queer waiter given chilling warning to ‘get out of America’ on his $5 tip. And, yes, of course it was from a Trump supporter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/ashton-bindrup-donald-trump-supporter-make-america-great-again-homophobia-utar-waiter/

* TW: Sexual Assault. "A Soldier's Murder Could Change How the Military Handles Sexual Assault:"

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* "Terrifying stalker arrested after targeting gay WWE superstar Sonya Deville in a sinister kidnapping plot:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/18/sonya-deville-gay-wwe-superstar-kidnap-hostage-phillip-thomas-arrest-lutz-florida/

* "Staggering Drop in Washington, D.C.'s HIV Infections:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2020/8/25/staggering-drop-washington-dcs-hiv-infections

* "I'm not a warrior:"

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* "The Water Is Toxic in the Town With America's Largest Coal Plant:"

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* "Hurricane Marco Heads for Louisiana as Tropical Storm Laura Kills 11 in Haiti and Dominican Republic:" https://time.com/5882841/hurricane-marco-tropical-storm-laura/

* "The millions being made from cardboard theft:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53724620

* "Was Emily Dickinson Gay?:"

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* "The 2020 Republican National Convention: Day One:"

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* "If You Don't Know, Now You Know - QAnon:"

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* "The 2020 Republican National Convention: Fear and Shouting:"

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* Rupert survived.

* "House Of The Rising Sun 1270 A.D (Cover in Old French 800-1400 A.D) Bardcore:"

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* "Smells Like Teen Spirit Cover In Classical Latin (75 BC to 3rd Century AD) Bardcore:"

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* "Arkham Board of Health Feedback On Miskatonic University’s Draft Plan for a Safe Campus Reopening:" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/arkham-board-of-health-feedback-on-miskatonic-universitys-draft-plan-for-a-safe-campus-reopening

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